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Happy Australian dollar Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... US$0.7855 - its lowest level since July 2009 - bringing it closer to the US$0.75 mark that would make RBA Governor Glenn Stevens a happy little vegemite... and us too, of course. It's currently trading at US$0.7921, 16.5% below the 2014 peak of US$0.9482 ...

Australia according to Gov Glenn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
Thank you Australian Financial Review (AFR) and RBA Governor Glenn Stevens for your early Christmas present - the gift of sharing. In what has now become a "tradition," we learned from the AFR Gov Glenn's thoughts on: The international economy: "The ...

Australia's confidence recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... because of the negative 0.5 percentage point contribution of private investment to overall GDP growth. RBA Governor Glenn Stevens might have to do more to awaken Australian businesses "animal spirits" and make them drink. But households are still spending ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
... on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases the minutes of its November board meeting while RBA governor Glenn Stevens is slated to deliver a speech to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia annual dinner in Melbourne. The Australian ...

Conditions and confidence collide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... and well over its long-run average of plus 5. Well, that is clearly surprising, is it not? Crystal. RBA Governor Glenn Stevens A may have finally made the horse drink the water of cheap funding. But whoa boy, hold your horses! While NAB says that the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... contract was down 28 points at 5,349. Locally, in economic news on Thursday, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens is scheduled to address the annual general meeting of the Australian Payments and Clearing Association in Sydney. The National ...

Chocolate biscuits and animal spirits

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... a they try to discern the outlook for the Australian economy. 'Animal spirits' is, of course, what RBA Governor Glenn Stevens said was "... the thing that is most needed now" but "is something monetary policy can't directly cause." in his address to ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... Australian Bureau of Statistics releases job vacancies data for August, while Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens is slated to speak at the Melbourne Economic Forum at Melbourne University. The HIA-Cordell Construction Outlook Breakfast ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... Australian Bureau of Statistics releases job vacancies data for August, while Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens is slated to speak at the Melbourne Economic Forum at Melbourne University. The HIA-Cordell Construction Outlook Breakfast ...

RBA to business: release the animal in you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... ailments, I retorted. My own tit-for-tat with the "medically-learned one" came to mind as I was reading RBA Governor Glenn Stevens' "Opening Statement to House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics" in Brisbane yesterday (and the Q&A transcripts) ...